Pages

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Banana-Orange-Cranberry Bread

As soon as I saw cream cheese as an ingredient I was hooked. I first saw this recipe on What's Cookin' Italian Style. I also loved the sound of the combination of banana, orange, and cranberry. If you get a chance take a look at this site. I am amazed that there is a new recipe every day, which I could only dream about.

I decided that I would take the opportunity to use some Ocean Spray Craisins Pomegranate Juice Infused Dried Cranberries. I don't know if I could really taste the pomegranate, but they may have been a little sweeter. One thing I did love was the creaminess of the batter for this cake. You know when you just look at the batter and think yes, this is going to be a good cake. This was that kind of batter.

Before I knew it had all come together and was ready to be baked. I loved that it made two loaves, but in hindsight I should have made a double batch. Not to worry as I always have bananas ready for some toe of bread.

I saw this on Claudia's blog and thought that it was so different and sounded really good! I've never used cream cheese in a batter like this but do bet that it would add a nice touch of creaminess to the texture. It looks delicious!

Felice, the loaf looks deliciouscranberries, banana, nuts, cream cheese and orange - all in one bread, lots of flavors that make me hungry only imagining the taste. i'm bookmarking this, try it soon.thanks for sharing Felice, hope you'll have a wonderful weekend

Cream cheese always hooks me too! I love how moist it makes bread...and I love the flavor combination here. Thank you for sharing your recipe with me. I hope you have a Saturday full of relaxation and laughter! We all need it!